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Egyptian

Medium/Technique Leather and textile
Dimensions Width x length: 10.8 x 28 cm (4 1/4 x 11 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4764
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionLeather shoe with heel piece and straps of same material; interior filed with red cloth; somewhat flattened, but complete. Laces still in place.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)